About the book: 2014 / Hero of the Soviet Union Lyudmila Mikhailovna Pavlichenko is the only female sniper in the world who destroyed 309 enemy soldiers and officers. Many myths and legends now surround the name of the famous heroine of the Great Patriotic War. But life always turns out to be more interesting than any fiction... The combat biography, compiled from archival sources, the military adventures and exploits of Lyudmila Pavlichenko during the defense of Odessa and Sevastopol are described in this book in a fascinating way, with knowledge of infantry and sniper service. Her handwritten unpublished memoirs helped to reconstruct the events of the Komsomol youth delegation’s trip to the World Student Assembly in the USA, Canada and Great Britain in 1942.